Peninsula Voice held its third homelessness forum on May 27th 2023 at the Peninsula Community Theatre
Using a deliberative engagement model, the final homelessness forum provided the opportunity for about 60 people from the community and organisations to come together to discuss, review and share ideas on how and who needs to advocate for change, provide resources and/or funding and to garner broader community support to deliver on practical and supportive solutions.
Six high level themes were reflected in the feedback. They were:
A week after the forum many of the participants again gathered together online to prioritise the suggestions and ideas generated at the earlier face-to-face forum.
Thank you to our Event Partners
Mornington Community Support Centre,
Bendigo Community Bank Mt Martha,
Western Port Community Support,
Southern Peninsula Community Support,
Bolton Clarke,
Fusion Mornington Peninsula,
Shire of Mornington Peninsula,
Salvation Army,
Anglicare,
Yanni Creative,
Mosaic Lab
Creative Sweat Graphic Design Solutions
Further Reading
In a first for Peninsula Voice, we published a report that summarised the advice we received from experts in the field – ‘Working together on the homelessness crisis on the Mornington Peninsula.’
Some Website Resources on Homelessness
https://www.acoss.org.au/housing-homelessness/
https://homelessnessaustralia.org.au/https://communitiesincontrol.com.au/conferences/2022
https://www.sydneyalliance.org.au/housing
https://www.ceda.com.au/ResearchAndPolicies/Research/Population/Housing-Australia
https://www.chifley.org.au/our-homes-are-the-key/
https://slowlane-us.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/slowlane.us/how-ending-homelessness-became-possible/amp/